ARTiST: Teenager
TiTLE: Thirteen
LABEL: Godlike Records
GENRE: Alternative
TiME: 62:12 min
SiZE: 76,4 MB
BiTRATE: VBRkbps
RiP DATE: Sep-23-2007
RELEASE DATE: Oct-01-2007
WEBSiTE: n/a
Track List:
01. Liquid Cement 03:48
02. West 03:20
03. Luke And Angie 01:57
04. Alone Again 04:22
05. Pony 02:44
06. Breaking Thunder 05:33
07. The Good Fight 03:20
08. The Secret Of My Success 02:15
09. Good Together 03:33
10. Bound And Gagged 08:25
11. Stand Up 02:35
12. Sexual Revolution 05:12
13. Mr Booze (Clotted Wood) 15:08
Release Notes:
Conjecture about whether TeenagerÆs Thirteen û the
long in the making project fronted by PnauÆs Nick
Littlemore, and Pip Brown of New ZealandÆs Two Lane
Blacktop, assisted by a raft of distinguished guests
û is rock or dance is superfluous. ItÆs a pop
record, albeit a particularly exotic species that
equally suggests creative guile and hints of
self-indulgence. ThereÆs nothing here as remotely
crass as BodyrockersÆ æI Like The WayÆ û the norm is
the smooth interplay of æAlone AgainÆ, where a
plunging New Order bass offsets the silken backing
vocals. LittlemoreÆs real achievement may be to hold
the project together in the presence of competing
session hands: Sonic YouthÆs Lee Ranaldo and Steve
Shelley inject urgency into the opening æLiquid
CementÆ, while Thierry Muller collaborates on a
series of lush Parisian soundscapes.
There are the inevitable eighties references, but
they skew unexpectedly, taking in David Byrne and
Iva Davies. What the album lacks is vocal tone, with
Littlemore liberally treating his vocals and
adopting different roles song to song, with the
elegiac æThe Good FightÆ and the scrappy æGood
TogetherÆ exemplifying the differences track to
track. æPonyÆ is the closest the album comes to
cheap genre holidaying, approximating rock attitude
when the organic and desperate growth of æBound And
GaggedÆ is so much more impressive. But for each
misstep Thirteen rights itself, often strongly. ItÆs
more than just fodder for fashionistas.